Paris, Jan. 2, 2008 (LPAC)-- The 35-member Commission appointed by French President Sarkozy to write a white paper preparing France's return to NATO, is largely composed of neo-cons who want a new war against Iran, the latest issue of the satirical weekly Canard Enchaine points out.

Elevated as "experts" are such pro-British elements as Francois Heisbourg of London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, the raving neo-con Therese Delpech of the strategic studies sector of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and Bruno Tertrais, author of a new book titled "Iran, The Next War".

The pro-NATO lobby is indistinguishable from the pro-Iran war faction.